20 Cool Facts We Never Knew About Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film set during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom…
Moh & NFL Legend: “I Saw Him Throw Approximately 10 To 12 Grenades, With German Automatic Fire And Grenades Coming Back All The Time”
The world of sports is often said to serve as but a shadow or reflection of war. There are physical rigors, stressful scenarios, and often…
An Epic Event in the Making: Daks over Normandy the 75th Commemoration of D-Day
It’s late afternoon on the 5th of June. Eisenhower’s decision to ‘Go’ has worked its way down from top level to all ranks. And his…
Battlefield Relics: Bolshoy Tyuters an abandoned island – full of WWII relics left by the German army (image heavy)
A collectors dream. Bolshoi Tyuters has been known as the “mined island” because its minefields have not been cleared since WWII. Bolshoi Tyuters is an island in…
19 Behind-the-Scenes Facts We Didn’t Know About ‘Kelly’s Heroes’
Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is among the most popular World War II-era films ever released. The basis comes from the famed book by Ian Sayer and…
The Awesome AMX 13 – France’s Post-WWII Tank Design Features An Oscillating Turret And Is Still Used Today
The tank is a resilient and devastating war machine, and a key element in many conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. To break the deadlock…
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
A crimson cross emblazoned on a white background; a simple design, perhaps, but behind it lies one of the most remarkable stories in the history…
When An American Submarine Took Out a Japanese Troop Train and Much More in the Pacific in WW2
On the 22nd of January, 1945, 30 Japanese merchant ships sat in Namkwan Harbor, in Southern China. They felt safe in their well-defended home, surrounded…
Leonidas I, Sparta’s Greatest Warrior King
King Leonidas I is the most famous general in the history of Sparta, and perhaps the whole of Greece. Disappointingly little is known about the…
The Tragedy of Lieutenant General Lesley McNair: The Highest Ranking US Soldier Killed in WWII
Lieutenant General Lesley McNair never had the historical reputation he deserved. He never got to sit down in a comfortable chair, brandy at his elbow,…
The Panhard EBR – French Postwar Armored Vehicle, Heavily Armed, Lightly Armored
The Panhard EBR was a French reconnaissance vehicle made in several different variants in the period between 1951 and 1963. Based on a design that…
Chilling Extracts From The Himmler Diaries Which Were Found In A Russian Archive
“It is one of those things that is easily said. ‘The Jewish people is being exterminated,’ every Party member will tell you, ‘perfectly clear, it’s…